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manias

manias is the plural of mania.

Meaning of mania

Noun

mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)

  1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
    • One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233
  3. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

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Phrases with manias

Questions about manias

What is manias the plural of?
Manias is the plural of mania.

Words near manias in the dictionary

  1. maniacs
  2. maniaphobe
  3. maniaphobes
  4. maniaphobia
  5. maniaphobic
  6. manias
  7. Maniat
  8. Maniats
  9. Manibusan
  10. Manibusans
  11. manic

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